Famous Quotes | I have no desire for riches....

I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience torpid through virtuous inaction are more to me than corner lots and praise. - Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
Attribution: Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910), U.S. author. 1881. “A Cat Tale,” p. 769, Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays, 1852-1890, Library of America (1992).

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